Walk the streets of most any German city and you're bound to see plenty of luxury automobiles that look like performance models, but aren't quite. We're talking about BMWs with M-Sport packs, Audis with S-Line kits, Mercedes in AMG Sport trim, and the latest the join the game: Volkswagen's R-Line. The thing is that most of the R-Line trims have not been brought over to the Western shores of the Atlantic. But that's changing with VW's announcement of the CC R-Line for the North American market.
The trim adds a more aggressive grille, foglamps, side skirts, 18-inch alloys and a smattering of special interior trim to the svelte, Passat-based four-door coupe. Intriguingly, Volkswagen of America isn't offering the R-Line package on the top-of-the-line VR6 4Motion model, only on the 2.0-liter turbo. It also includes R-Line door sill plates and RNS 315 sat-nav system, and when specified with the dual-clutch transmission, it also comes with paddle shifters behind the steering wheel - all for $32,195 (plus another $825 destination charge).